Adults

Accessible Wellness: Mindfulness and Relaxation Practices for Your Workday

Nora Morse will discuss both physical and cognitive strategies for maintaining wellness in the workplace. Learning Objectives: Brief review of industry phenomenon including empathic strain, secondary traumatic stress, and moral distress and their impact on helping professionals Identify and practice short relaxation and grounding exercises to use during the workday Participate in mindfulness activity to […]

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Enhancing the Efficacy of Brief Alcohol and Drug Use Interventions for Higher-Risk Emerging Adults

Join James Murphy, PhD for an engaging and evidence-based exploration of young adult substance use and intervention strategies. Learning Objectives: Understand the prevalence and risk factors associated with young adult alcohol and drug misuse, in order to inform effective intervention. Discuss behavioral economic models of addiction, and their unique implications for conceptualizing and treating addictive

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Buprenorphine During Pregnancy and Postpartum

During this webinar, we will discuss various buprenorphine formulations and their use during pregnancy. We will also describe strategies for successfully implementing buprenorphine during pregnancy including low and high dose initiation as well as use of the extended-release product. Finally, we will review other key components of caring for pregnant women with opioid use disorder

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Older Adults and Substance Use Disorders: Trends and Supportive Interventions

Maine is the oldest state in the country, we are increasingly providing care to an aging population. Substance use is often part of the presentation, and we will share recommended screening tools, workflows, and resources to help provide the evidence-based, destigmatized care to these patients. Learning Objectives: Understand the need for a specialized approach to

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SUPPORT for ME Statewide SUD Learning Community’s Project ECHO: Support and Expand Access to MOUD (Adults)

The Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine, in partnership with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is launching Project ECHO: Support and Expand Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD). This Project ECHO is funded through the SUPPORT for ME Statewide Substance Use Disorder Learning Community by the Maine Department of Health and Human

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